Jet Slides off Runway…Child Dies
Posted on December 8, 2005
via WRAL a plane landed in a snowstorm in Chicago and slid off the runway into an intersection, hitting one vehicle and pinning a second. A six year old boy has died as a result of that crash.
The Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 coming in from Baltimore was heavily damaged in the crash when it slid through the fence and onto the road at the northwest corner of the airport.
A 6-year-old boy in one of the vehicles was killed, authorities said. He was among eight people hurt on the ground. Two passengers on the plane suffered minor injuries, Aviation Department spokeswoman Wendy Abrams said.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 from Baltimore was landing at Midway International Airport with 90 passengers. The airport reported 7 inches of snow Thursday, but Abrams said runway conditions at the time were acceptable. Flight 1248 was scheduled to continue onto Salt Lake City, Utah.
The nose of the plane was crushed in the 7:15 p.m. accident and a severely damaged engine was on the ground, Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.
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